My sweetest thing
Everyone who knows me knows my issues with dogs. They’re such a pain! with all their shedding and pooping and peeing and chewing of everything, not to mention their biting of faces. Plus you can never just leave when you want, you always gotta be worried about the damn dog.
The boys have been asking for years and I have resisted. But 2020 has turned me into a soft lump (okay lumpier). Nick is turning 11 soon. So… I did it. I caved and got him a dog for his bday. Meet Ginger:
I mean, I grew up with dogs! and I loved them deeply as a child. I think having pets, and specifically dogs, teaches children something about life. I don’t know what but something, right?
And literally every single person in colorado has a dog, I am not kidding, LITERALLY. EVERY. PERSON.
During nick’s first week of school last week, the teacher had the kids show their pets on the class google meet and nick was the only one with no pets. It made me feel really bad.
So now we are a dog household I guess? Ugh. What have I done.
But jesus has 2020 sucked. full of such horrible wretchedness at every turn. I wanted one good thing to come out of it, one loving sweet memory to remind them that there can still be light (and not stupid joe Biden light either).
So maybe this dog can be it, can be our light.
Probably not.
Whatever I don’t even care.